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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 August 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 12
  4. 19
  5. 29
  6. 38

Jackpot$3,600,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 412 of 2,631 under them

← 2012-08-15All recent draws2012-08-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 8 12 19 29 3829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread25th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

748times
852times
1253times
1957times
29

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 846kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.7Mto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 698%$3.6M
  • Match 40.7%$25.2K
  • Match 31.2%$44.8K
  • 1 other tier0.4%$14K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.06 by chance

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48times
3851times

Every number was expected about that many times after 411 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (8, 12, 38) with the draw of 12 March 2012 — its closest relative in 411 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 13th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 24% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,600,000
  • Match 514≈ 16 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4841≈ 819 by chance$30.00
  • Match 314,931≈ 15k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈846k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 841 winners, 3% more than the 819 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$3,600,000
    Match 514$1,000
    Match 4841$30.00
    Match 314,931$3.00
    Totals15,787—